nodular

English

Etymology

nodule +‎ -ar

Adjective

nodular (comparative more nodular, superlative most nodular)

1. Of or relating to a nodule or nodules.
2. Possessing, composed of, or similar in form to nodules.

   Loose nodular deposits of gold metal are commonly referred to as nuggets.

   The disease causes nodular black growths that may become pustular.

   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 6:

     The capsule in both families is spherical, with a bistratose wall; the outer cell layer usually bears nodular thickenings […] ; the inner layer (of nearly equally large cells) lacks the regular semiannular or annular thickenings of most other leafy liverworts […]

Translations

of or relating to a nodule or modules

• French: nodulaire (fr)
• Spanish: nodular

similar in form to a nodule

• French: nodulaire (fr)
• Spanish: nodular

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /noduˈlaɾ/ [no.ð̞uˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: no‧du‧lar

Adjective

nodular m or f (masculine and feminine plural nodulares)

1. nodular

Further reading

• “nodular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014